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"Bluer of cheek"= more and darker stubble on theface, if shaven.
A thick black beard if not shaven.<br>
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pardon, sieur,” he said. “But I can’t come no
nearer. Wet she may be, but she gets too dry for me,
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"she" refer to the boat or Cas' body? what does the
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"She" refers to the condition of the ground, or rasther the swampy
mat of plants, on which Severian is walking. This has no sharply
defined edge, and<br>
so the boat, which is in a relatively weed-free bit of water, can't
get close to the nearly solid bits where Severian is.<br>
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hartshorn (Still very happily lurking, and a merrry Xmas to you
all)<br>
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